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Decided to try out my newest deck tonight, the Russian Tarot of Saint Petersburg*. I took some photos of it, because man is it ever gorgeous, but - posting those can wait until later.
This one gave me some trouble with the shuffling; it was never used before it came to me, so the cards are still kind of clingy. That's all right. I'll break them in eventually.
I decided to do a three-card spread, one that I grabbed from my PacRim book: Daily card, personal situations, and how to approach it.
Result:
Five of Clubs, Death, and Five of Swords. All upright.
... Uh. Well, that's... something.
The Russian Tarot mainly maps onto the Rider Waite deck. It isn't a perfect 1:1 match, but these things never are. So, I have a few options for interpretation here, but none of it is good, exactly.
Five of Clubs (Wands) - Conflict and tension
Death - Change; in the Russian tarot it seems a more appropriate term might be "forceful upheaval"
Five of Swords - Conflict, tension, betrayal, etc
I'm at a loss as to how to read this. I mean, beyond the obvious. Unfortunately I was going for a general reading here, rather than anything specific, and that makes it more challenging. Kind of stupid of me - considering it's a new deck, I should have started smaller. Regardless, the result I want is to be the asshole standing triumphant in the Swords card, rather than any of the defeated. Obviously.
There are a few things I can think of that might relate to this (things have been not-so-great at work, needless to say) but considering I only set out with a general reading in mind, it's really hard to say. ...I think what I might need to do is, well, keep doing readings, and see where that goes. Not tonight, of course - later. And just one-cards. Those are so much easier.
It'll help me get more familiar with this deck, at least.
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This one gave me some trouble with the shuffling; it was never used before it came to me, so the cards are still kind of clingy. That's all right. I'll break them in eventually.
I decided to do a three-card spread, one that I grabbed from my PacRim book: Daily card, personal situations, and how to approach it.
Result:
Five of Clubs, Death, and Five of Swords. All upright.
... Uh. Well, that's... something.
The Russian Tarot mainly maps onto the Rider Waite deck. It isn't a perfect 1:1 match, but these things never are. So, I have a few options for interpretation here, but none of it is good, exactly.
Five of Clubs (Wands) - Conflict and tension
Death - Change; in the Russian tarot it seems a more appropriate term might be "forceful upheaval"
Five of Swords - Conflict, tension, betrayal, etc
I'm at a loss as to how to read this. I mean, beyond the obvious. Unfortunately I was going for a general reading here, rather than anything specific, and that makes it more challenging. Kind of stupid of me - considering it's a new deck, I should have started smaller. Regardless, the result I want is to be the asshole standing triumphant in the Swords card, rather than any of the defeated. Obviously.
There are a few things I can think of that might relate to this (things have been not-so-great at work, needless to say) but considering I only set out with a general reading in mind, it's really hard to say. ...I think what I might need to do is, well, keep doing readings, and see where that goes. Not tonight, of course - later. And just one-cards. Those are so much easier.
It'll help me get more familiar with this deck, at least.
This entry was originally posted at http://yuuago.dreamwidth.org/3503296.html. You can comment here or at the original entry.